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Researchers are almost certain that the paintings at Cauvet Cave in France are the oldest known in the world, dating to somewhere between 21,000 and 32,000 years old.

Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc Cave is located in southeastern France, just off the bank of the Ardèche river. Discovered on December 18, 1994, the cave is thought to have been inhabited by humans at two ...

Slowly but surely, the mysterious and haunting Chauvet cave is giving up its secrets. The cave, declared a UNESCO World Heritage site two years ago, was discovered in the south of France in 1994.

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Chauvet cave paintings: A volcanic eruption from 36,000 years ago – as captured by prehistoric man. The cave paintings at Chauvet are among the oldest, most beautiful and most elaborate in the world ...

Chauvet Cave. Discovered in late 1994, Chauvet Cave is the location for one of the oldest and best-preserved collections of prehistoric paintings in the world. Located near Vallon-Pont-d'Arc in ...

The study, published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, uses 259 radiocarbon dates from the rock art pigments as well as the materials showing human activity in the cave ...